GIRLS, Wilm. Friends 12, Caesar Rodney 10: Kourtney Olsen (2 assists) and Delaney Steele netted four goals apiece but it wasn’t enough as the 10th-seeded Riders fell in the first round of the state tournament.

The No. 7 Quakers (11-5) will play at second-seeded Polytech (13-1) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinals. CR ends its season at 6-10.

Kacie Cava added the Riders’ other two goals while Kaitlyn Longest made 11 saves. Friends outshot CR by just a 23-22 margin.

Tennis

Riders put 10 in quarters: Caesar Rodney High advanced all 10 of its entries through the opening two round of the DIAA boys’ and girls’ tennis state tournaments on Saturday.

At boys’ first singles there’s three Henlopen Conference players still alive. That group includes second-seeded Colt Williamson of Milford, CR’s fifth-seeded Parker Barton and Dover’s sixth-seeded Christian Anyanwu.

The only other downstate player to reach the boys’ quarterfinals was St. Thomas More’s Nicholas Reyes at second singles. The unseeded Reyes won two matches on Saturday, knocking off eighth-seeded Sam Wenerd of Concord, 7-6 &-5), 6-1 in the second round.

On the girls’ side, a pair of downstate players reached the first-singles quarterfinals. Third-seeded Halle Parker of CR and unseeded Sarah Pool of St. Thomas More made it through.

Pool won a pair of matches, knocking off eighth-seeded Katherine Clark of Smyrna, 6-3, 6-4, in the first round.

Towson (17-35-2, 9-15 CAA) needed to win Saturday in order to clinch the final spot in next week’s CAA Tournament, but instead William & Mary will now be the No. 6 seed.

Trailing 3-2, the Hens (11-13 CAA, 23-22 overall) strung together five straight two-out hits in the fourth, including a mammoth home run from Joe Giacchino to put Delaware on top again. Zach Lopes and Norm Donkin knocked in a run each to wrap up the five-run frame.

Nick Spadafino (Dover), Colman Vila, and Luke Alicknavitch combined to pitch the final 5.1 innings and did not allow an earned run. Spadafino earned the win and is now 4-0.

Schlosser’s point total ranks him ninth in NCAA Division III and qualifies him for next week’s NCAA Championships on May 21-23 in Canton, N.Y.

A sophomore, Schlosser won the 100-meter dash (11.03), shot put (39-5) and 400-meter dash (49.61) on the first day and the discus (140-8) on day two. Schlosser also set a school-record in the pole vault (11-9), cleared 5-7.75” in the high jump, clocked a 17.81 in the 110-meter hurdles and 4:32.79 in the 1,500-meter run, tossed the javelin 155-4 and jumped 18-9.75 in the long jump.

On Friday, several Wolverines competed in the Salisbury Final Qualifier. DaJahn Lowery broke a school-record in the 100-meter dash with a winning time of 10.68, tying him for 19th nationally. His record breaks Larry Beavers’ record of 10.74. Dominic McAnulty also won the 200-meter dash (21.70).

Anthony Brinkley shaved a tenth off his school-record in the 400-meter hurdles (54.77).

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